Kerri Kokias

Readers follow a blind girl through her city. The author personifies the city by having it grow and speak and do other human things. The words the author uses emphasize hearing, feeling, smelling and tasting--drips, sweet, roar, and smelly. The last sound of the city in the book is the main character playing her violin. I like the cut-paper illustrations. It would be so fantastic if the book could be printed in a way that blind children could feel the layers of the cut paper.

I enjoyed the content of this book, although it was a little hard to follow. I think the author used characters in a meaningful way and the message that was suppose to get across did.